Type
THROW UPS
The Throw up is also known as a “fill-in,” or “throwie” which is normally painted very quickly with two or three colors, sacrificing aesthetics for speed. Throw-ups can also be outlined on a surface with one color. It sits a tag and a piece in terms of complexity and time investment.
STREET ART
In the street art category you'll find stencils, stickers, wheatpastes, classical mural paint brush, fake ads and urban furniture hijacks.
CHARACTERS
A character can be a human, monster, superhero, animal, chimera, cartoon, portrait or anything whitout letter which form came from the artist's mind.
PIECE
The piece is the global form of graffiti. A piece is a more elaborate representation of the artist’s name, incorporating more stylized and artistic form of letters, using three or more colors. This of course is done at the expense of timeliness.
BIG WALLS
Big walls are huge painting of several artists. Usually it tells a story, the background folows a same logic. In a big wall you can see pieces, characters, landscape, wildstyle...
TAGS
A tag is the most basic writing of an artist’s name in either spray paint or marker. A graffiti writer’s tag is his or her personalized signature. It’s by far the most common form of graffiti. The tag is a stylized signature, done in one color.
SILVER
Silver is a type of graffiti realised with one main colour: Silver. It's a basic piece for vandal writers.
SKETCH
A sketch is a rapid or elaborate drawing on paper. It can be black and white or colored, representing characters, landscape or letters.
some stats
- 34% Piece
- 23% Characters
- 18% Street art
- 16% Big Walls
- 5% Sketch
- 6% Other
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